Instrument: Plankton Net

Instrument Short Name: Plankton Net
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/22/)
Instrument Description:

A Plankton Net is a generic term for a sampling net that is used to collect plankton. It is used only when detailed instrument documentation is not available.

PI supplied instrument name: mesh plankton net
Dataset-specific description

Living planktic foraminifera were collected for tissue N analysis from the upper 200 m of the water column using a 1-m2, 200-um-mesh plankton net aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer during ten cruises between July 2011 and November 2013.